ndguy58746 (4:33:24 PM): Hi Kellie, I got an email from a friend of mine at the sheriffs office here. Somehow they got a hold of one of chats, I am really fortunate they didnt see some of them Kellie, the one they saw was innocent. I dont know who sent it to them or how they got it, but I have to break this off. Please dont try to contact me , I dont want to go to jail. I'm sorry this happened, Bye

Sometimes the world makes you shake your head.

Steven Norrie had a friend in a nearby Sheriff's office that tipped him off to our investigation against him. The Information First area we were working with decided to forward some information to the county where Norrie lives in North Dakota. Norrie had a friend in the county sheriff's office that tipped him off... but only partially. He told Norrie that they found some of his chats and Norrie, still so convinced that our decoy was for real, told our decoy all about it.

That's just how well trained our people are.

For his efforts, Norrie was arrested and convicted. He received over a thousand dollars in fines, three years in the department of corrections, five years supervised probation afterwards, must register as a sex offender and is to have no access to minors or computers for the rest of his life.

Notes from the Contributor, Peppermint Patty

I have been waiting a long time for this case to be resolved. Steven Norrie a/k/a ndguy58746 is a sick man. He would be babysitting his three month old granddaughter while masturbating and talking in a vile manor to what he thought was a 13 year old child.

I hope that the memory of meeting me instead of a 13 year old child is burned into his brain for the rest of his days.

Thanks to Starberry for a wonderful verify call. I would also like to thank the Fargo Police Department along with the Minot Police Department for taking this man off the streets for the past 11 months.

This is our 159th conviction since June of 2004 and our 38th conviction for 2007 so far.

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